Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is in Washington for meetings Wednesday with U.S. President Donald Trump days after a new trade deal among the two countries and Canada went … Read More

Last month the Illinois Farmers Market Association updated its COVID-19 guidelines featuring best practice recommendations for social distancing and enhanced sanitation. You can find all of the resources on our … Read More

The U.S. government delivered far less food aid than it had pledged by the end of June, according to food bank managers and data from the agriculture department sent to … Read More

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting companies got at least $6.4 billion in U.S. coronavirus-related small business loans, government data released Monday showed. (Bloomberg)

The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on many sectors of the economy and livestock farming is one of them. (The Center Square)

The percentage of households considered food insecure has surged during the pandemic — already to levels much higher than during the depths of the Great Recession — but Black and … Read More

 U.S. live cattle futures on Monday reached a two-month high on follow-through buying from last week, while lean hog futures edged up on bargain buying, traders said. (Reuters)  

As senior U.S. and Chinese economic officials plan to discuss China’s compliance with a trade deal signed early this year, more than 40 American business groups called on Beijing to … Read More

 Don’t forget that the Illinois Pork Producers Association and Illinois Farm Bureau have partnered to fund a grant for pork producers facing unexpected pork disposal costs during this difficult time. … Read More

Fear of contagion and the near-total shutdown of restaurants and cruise lines, where most consumers eat crustaceans, have devastated demand. Hopes for a recovery anytime soon are dim because prices … Read More